Corn

CORN. In its most comprehensive sense, this term signifies every sort of
grain, as well as peas and beans, this is its meaning in the memorandum
usually contained in policies of insurance. But it does not include rice. 1
Park. Ins. 112; Marsh. Ins. 223, note; Stev. on Av. part 4, art. 2; Ben. on
Av. eh. 10; 1 Marsh. Ins. 223; Park on Ins. 112; Wesk. Ins. 145. Vide Com.
Dig. Biens, G 1.

Metal concentrations of Cd, Cu, and Zn in Zea mays were low, and it can grow naturally in the contaminated site owing to its metal-resistant characteristics with the help of mycorrhizal fungi, by binding heavy metals into the roots and restricting their ability to migrate into the plant.

DeKalb Genetics Corporation (DeKalb, IL) has patented a method for the production of stable, genetically transformed, Zea mays plants that comprise an exogenous DNA expressing phosphinothricin acetyl transferase to impart resistance to phosphinothricin in said plants.

As reported in the December 19, 2003 issue of Science magazine, the Maize Genomics Consortium, led by scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has evaluated and validated a gene-enrichment strategy for genome sequencing resulting in a six-fold reduction of the effective size of the Zea mays (maize or corn) genome while creating a four-fold increase in the gene identification rate when compared to standard whole-genome sequencing methods.

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